Seeds of Species used as Snuffs :

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Powders known as `umkhwangu' are used as snuff for headaches.]</div> <div> Plant infusions are used as sprinkling protective charms against evil.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Pleiospilos bolusii</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The name `Duimpie-snuif' literally means finger-snuff; traditionally it is used as a snuff. The pulverised plant is also reported to be an hallucinogenic additive to tobacco to be smoked. Or else it can simply be dried and powdered and used as a snuff. The dosage is small with approximately 50 milligrams of plant chewed producing a feeling of euphoria, which lasts for about 20 minutes; this is followed by sedation.</div> <div> <B>[ </B><A HREF="id289.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Duimpiesnuif Pleiospilos bolusii"><U><B>Click here to buy live plants</B></U></A><B>. ]</B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Plumbago auriculata</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Powdered roots or dried leaves are taken as snuff to relieve headaches.</div> <div> Pounded root infusions are administered as emetics to dispel bad dreams.</div> <div> Unspecified parts are used as protective charms against evil.</div> <div> A stick of the plant is placed in the thatch of huts to ward off lightning.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Ptaeroxylon obliquum</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Powdered bark is traditionally used as a snuff for recreation purposes.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Rabiea albinota</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Is used as a snuff, or smoked, to cause a state of euphoria.</div> <div> We have Rabiea albipuncta & Rabiea difformis seeds.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Ranunculus multifidus</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Leaves are used as a cleanser and for pain by the Xhosa.</div> <div> The Sotho use smoke from the burning plants as inhalants for headaches.</div> <div> Powdered leaves are used as snuff by the Tswana.</div> <div> Contains the glycoside, ranuculin, which is converted enzymatically into the irritant volatile oil, protoanemonin.</div> <div> Aqueous extracts from whole plants show some anti-microbial activity.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Rauvolfia caffra</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The bark is used as an intoxicant in Tanzania by the Chagga.</div> <div> In the Transkei, bark is used by traditional healers as a tranquillizer for patients believed to have been possessed by spirits.</div> <div> Dried leaves are used as a snuff for headaches.</div> <div> Stems are used for making beer.</div> <div> Blood-purifying decoctions are made from the rootbark.</div> <div> Bark is used in medicines for abdominal pain, and also to ward off evil spirits.</div> <div> In Kenya, the leaves are used to help newly circumcised boys to sleep.</div> <div> Rootbark contains the alkaloid reserpine, which has a sedative and tranquillizing effect but is not hypnotic.</div> <div> The alkaloid yohimbine is also present in Rauvolfia.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Rhus erosa</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Unknown parts are used to make a snuff.</div> <div> It is also used in rain-making ceremonies.</div> <div> Some Rhus species are used for trance-induction.</div> <div> Other Rhus species are used to make mead. </div> <div> (We have several Rhus species' seeds.)</div> <bR> <div> <U>Rumex  sagittatus</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> Unknown parts are used to make a snuff in Lesotho.</div> <div> The Zulu use it to dispel evil spirits.</div> <div> The leaves contain oxalic acid.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Turbina oblongata</U><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > :</FONT></div> <div> The Sotho's snuff the leaves, or add them to tobacco to be smoked.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop/index.php?cPath=30" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thebotanicalsource.com/shop/i"><U><B>Click here to buy seeds</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <div> <B>____________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>  Subscribe to The Botanical Source free newsletter:<br><br> <form action="http://freeautobot.com/cgi-bin/autores/autores.cgi" target="_blank"> <input type=hidden name="do" value="add_lead_external"> <input type=hidden name="Username" value="botanical"> 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